Derek Jeter

There have been few names as heralded in Yankee lore as Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, but none would argue that Derek Jeter belongs anywhere but on the same list. Drafted by the Yankees in 1992, Jeter...
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Mandy Moore spends Valentine's Day at a ranch retreat with Minka Kelly

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Feb 17, 2015

Actress/singer Mandy Moore spent Valentine's Day (14Feb15) at a ranch retreat with her best friend Minka Kelly weeks after confirming she had split from rocker husband Ryan Adams. A representative for Moore and Adams announced the couple had "mutually decided" to end its almost six-year marriage last month (Jan15), and legal papers subsequently revealed Moore and Adams had actually separated in August (14).
Moore decided not to spend her first post-marriage Valentine's Day weekend alone and recruited her gal pal Kelly for a girls' trip to The Ranch at Live Oak Malibu in California.
The friends documented their activities, including hiking, with snaps on their Instagram.com pages.
In one of Moore's first posts, she donned breathing apparatus, hooked up to a variety of wires, for a comedy treadmill shot, captioned, "Super creepers, blurry photo but testing my fitness acumen to assess how I can properly push myself over the next few days."
On Saturday (14Feb15), Moore added another snap of Kelly resting her head on her friend's shoulder after a hike, and wrote, "We got separated from the rest of the group but we surrendered to a different path up and through these mountains and it was worth it. So lucky to share this time with you @minkak! You're a total bad-a** and inspiration."
Kelly has also been unlucky in love, splitting from Captain America star Chris Evans last year (14). The actress has also dated John Mayer and baseball hero Derek Jeter, among others.

Retired baseball legend Derek Jeter's girlfriend Hannah Davis has been selected as the cover girl for this year's (15) Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. The 24 year old, who has appeared in the annual publication twice before, was unveiled as this year's front page stunner on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday (04Feb15).
Davis says, "I've always enjoyed the whole Swimsuit experience, and said that anything extra - a little square on the cover or anything like that - was a bonus. But still, this was my dream."
Davis felt sure she would not be this year's cover girl when she learned her photoshoot for the magazine would be on a farm in Tennessee, adding, "I told my mom there was no way I'd get the cover. I told her, 'They do beaches for covers and I'm on a farm. There's no way. It's not possible'."

Rap entrepreneur 50 Cent has inked a $78 million (£48.75 million) deal with new underwear brand RevolutionWear Frigo. The In Da Club hitmaker, real name Curtis Jackson, took to Instagram.com on Monday (15Dec14) to share the news about his big-money contract for the luxury line, which boasts high-tech design with "superior athletic support".
In the post, he wrote, "I just did a deal for $78 million for underwear. What did you muthaf**kas do today? Lllllllllooooolllllllllll (laugh out loud) Boom FRIGO (sic)".
50 Cent was recently reported to have become a stakeholder in the undergarment firm, which was founded in 2012, alongside superproducer Timbaland, retired baseball icon Derek Jeter and basketball player Carmelo Anthony.
Hours after his announcement, the rapper tried to convince U.S. talk show host Seth Meyers why customers should pay the $100 (£62.50) price tag for a pair of the Frigo boxer briefs.
He joked, "This $100 underwear were actually hand-created and actually hand-stitched."
Getting serious, he added, "They have a technology in 'em where you can put your man apples... For you to place your sack in another sack that has been ergonomically-designed for comfort. But you know, women spend so much money on lingerie, it's the right project for men."
50 Cent is no stranger to multi-million dollar deals - he famously banked $100 million (£62.5 million) after taxes in 2007 when Coca-Cola purchased his Vitamin Water brand, created in partnership with Glaceau beverage bosses, for $4 billion.

Singers Bono and Robin Thicke have been named two of the Least Influential People of 2014 by America's GQ magazine. Editors at the U.S publication have compiled a list of the 30 stars they believe are uninspiring to the general public, noting that this batch of people "took up vast clouds of oxygen, gave us back nothing of use, and probably helped accelerate the death of our planet."
Rocker Bono and his band U2 were criticised in September (14) for releasing their Songs of Innocence album exclusively through iTunes - the record was installed into nearly 500 million users' music libraries automatically.
GQ editors slammed the band for using the stunt as "some kind of noble gift to The People", and added, "This was a $100 million marketing campaign. Yes, $100 million to turn U2's socially conscious dad-rock into a piece of direct mail."
R&B singer Thicke had a rough 2014 after his actress wife Paula Patton filed for divorce - he staged a failed attempt at winning her back by dedicating his latest album, titled Paula, to her.
The publication's editors wrote, "The rest of this cheeseball's career is our collective punishment for making Blurred Lines popular. Let's ALL get a divorce from this man."
Other celebrities making the shameful list are actors Shia LaBeouf, Johnny Depp, Zach Braff and director Woody Allen.
Now-retired baseball pro Derek Jeter, basketball star Dwayne Wade and the whole Brazilian soccer team are among the athletes on the list, while politicians such as U.S. President Barack Obama and his former presidential opponent Senator John McCain also made the cut.

Captain America star Chris Evans has sparked rumours his on/off romance with Minka Kelly is back on after spending time with the actress in recent weeks. The action man initially dated Kelly in 2007 and they reunited in 2012, only to split once more last year (13).
However, it appears the couple is now back on after the brunette beauty was spotted with Evans at a family karaoke night in his hometown of Sudbury, Massachusetts in late September (14).
An onlooker tells People.com, "It looked like a family night out. They were with a bunch of people, including Chris's family, and Chris and Minka sat in the back while other people in their group got up and did some karaoke."
Evans also reportedly invited Kelly over for lunch at his Los Angeles home on Tuesday (21Oct14).
Kelly previously dated newly-retired baseball ace Derek Jeter from 2008 to 2011, while Evans romanced actress Jessica Biel from 2004 to 2006 and was linked to British beauty Alice Eve late last year (13).

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Funnyman Billy Crystal offered up his second TV tribute to a beloved icon in as many months on Thursday (25Sep14) when he honoured retiring baseball legend Derek Jeter.
The life-long New York Yankees fan's recorded video homage to the team's captain aired on U.S. sports news show SportsCenter on ESPN as Jeter was preparing to make his final appearance as a Yankee in the Big Apple.
Crystal said, "My grandmother said there are three things you can always count on: death, taxes and Derek Jeter. Last week was the final time I saw Derek play in person. He turned on a fastball and ripped it deep into the left field seats... He ran around the bases. This was the first home run he'd hit in the stadium this season. I wish I knew what was going on in his mind... He probably just took it in his stride and started thinking of his next at bat... I met with Derek after the game... 'Hey Willy', he said - it's a nickname my high school coach called me that Derek recalled me telling him about in 1998. We talked for a few minutes, like players. We smiled again and I sensed he wanted to go before I said something sad. We hugged goodbye and it was gone... We've had a very special relationship; (former Yankees manager) Joe Torre used to have me work out with the Yankees during the great years - even before World Series games... Derek saw that I could still play and he took infield (practice) with me many times. He never treated me like a celebrity. I was his teammate. To watch him on the field from the stands or on television is one thing; to experience the speed, the skill, the joy he had of playing on the field was like running with wild horses; it's exhilarating." The funnyman concluded, "It's almost over folks. Take a good last look. This is a baseball player."
Crystal can officially call himself a former team-mate of Jeter's after signing a one-day contract to mark his 60th birthday in March, 2008. The comedian batted for the Yankees in a spring training game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Baseball superstar Jeter's final regular season game ever will come on Sunday (28Sep14) when the Yankees complete a three-game series in Boston, Massachusetts against longtime rivals the Red Sox.
The sporting tribute came a month after Crystal delivered a touching send-off to late pal Robin Williams at the Emmy Awards.

Jay Z, Spike Lee and Billy Crystal are among the sports fans honouring New York Yankees star Derek Jeter in a new TV tribute ad. The RE2PECT commercial features fans and celebrities alike saluting the baseball great with his own iconic cap tilt. Jeter will retire as a professional baseball player at the end of the current MLB season.

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It's officially the end of an era for baseball fans everywhere. New York Yankees short stop Derek Jeter announced on Wednesday that he plans to retire after the 2014 season, which means that it's only a matter of time before the 13-time All Star is inducted into the Hall of Fame and, more importantly, before someone in Hollywood starts shopping around a biopic based on the Yankee legend. After all, Jeter's considered to be the greatest player of his generation, he has more than enough name recognition to grab audiences' attention, and moviegoers generally tend to love sports movies, so clearly this idea is a home run. Or is it?
Is it possible that Jeter is too boring to be the subject of a major Hollywood biopic? All films need a conflict, and for biopics, those conflicts usually come from their subjects overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds and unbeatable obstacles in order to emerge victorious at the end. This is especially true of sports biopics, which rely on this formula to produce a film that is inspiring and uplifting. 42 was a film about Jackie Robinson overcoming institutional racism in order to become the first black player in the MLB. The Rookie had Jim Morris prove his critics wrong by starting his professional baseball career for the Tampa Bay Rays at the age of 35, an age when most players start considering retirement. Moneyball featured the manager of the Oakland As changing the way franchises put together their teams in order to turn a mediocre lineup into a winning team. Even The Sandlot featured the kids overcoming their fear of The Beast in order to rescue Smalls' stepdad's autographed ball.
By contrast, Jeter's never really had to conquer any insurmountable odds. He's overcome some terrible injuries in order to get back in the game, but none of them were career-derailing or character-defining. He may have broken plenty of records, but he hasn't really broken down any barriers during his time on the field. He became the best through hard work, dedication and talent, and while he's considered an inspiration to an entire generation of ball players, it's not really a juicy enough story to structure a film around. There have been plenty of games or seasons in which the Yankees made a major comeback, but none of them are particularly memorable events. And if Jeter hasn't overcome any major obstacles in order to become the best, where will the film get its plot?
Hollywood would even struggle to find substance for a film from Jeter's life off of the field. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he's managed to avoid any major scandals, and he's steered clear of the steroid conflicts entirely. If someone were to make a film about, say, Alex Rodriguez, they would likely choose to take a more sensational route, and focus on the doping scandals that have clouded his career. However, if they wanted to take a similar approach to Jeter's life, the best they would be able to come up with is his tabloid-friendly love life. But even though he's dated some of the biggest starlets in Hollywood, all of those relationships seem to have ended amicably, and without becoming the focus of any gossip columns.
The last time Jeter made the press for anything even remotely approaching the debauchery we associate with sports stars was 2002, when he was chastised by Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for staying out too late at a birthday party. Clearly, he's no Jordan Belfort. These days, he mostly makes headlines over contract disputes or injury reports, neither of which would make for a particularly riveting entertainment experience — not even House of Cards could make negotiations seem particularly interesting, and their version at least included people throwing bricks through windows. There's no doubt that Jeter is one of the greatest baseball players of all time, and he will go down in history as a Yankee legend. He's a skilled player and a capable leader, who has managed to win over millions of fans through both his talent and charisma both on and off the field, but all of that still doesn't make him interesting enough to be the subject of a biopic.
So, Hollywood, let's just let Jeter settle for being one of the greats, and we can revisit the idea of re-releasing The Sandlot in theaters. That way, everyone's a winner.
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American baseball icon Derek Jeter has announced his retirement. The New York Yankees shortstop's upcoming 17th season in the major leagues will be his last.
Announcing the news on his Facebook fan page on Wednesday (12Feb14), the 39 year old, who briefly dated Mariah Carey, Jessica Biel and Adriana Lima, admits he made the decision after struggling through the 2013 season with a broken ankle.
He writes, "It was months ago when I realized that this season would likely be my last. As I came to this conclusion and shared it with my friends and family, they all told me to hold off saying anything until I was absolutely 100 (per cent) sure.
"I will remember it all: the cheers, the boos, every win, all the plane trips, the bus rides, the clubhouses, the walks through the tunnel and every drive to and from the Bronx."
If the Yankees fail to make baseball's play-offs at the end of the upcoming season, Jeter's final game will be at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts on 28 September (14).

Model Hannah Davis has split from baseball player Derek Jeter, according to a U.S. report. The Sports Illustrated beauty began dating the New York Yankees star at the beginning of 2013, but they separated at the end of last year (13).
A source tells New York Post gossip column Page Six, "Derek and Hannah broke up a few months ago."
Davis was Jeter's latest celebrity girlfriend - he dated actress Minka Kelly from 2008 to 2011 and has previously been linked to Jessica Biel, Mariah Carey and Jordana Brewster.

Summary

There have been few names as heralded in Yankee lore as Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle, but none would argue that Derek Jeter belongs anywhere but on the same list. Drafted by the Yankees in 1992, Jeter quickly made a name for himself with stellar play and infamous postseason appearances, and has been credited for helping to reinvigorate a Yankees franchise which had seen over 10 years of abysmal play before his arrival. Considered by many to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Jeter's career continues to escalate despite a slew of injuries. Regardless of what happens next, Mr. November will forever be remembered as one of the greatest ballplayers to ever wear a Yankees uniform.